Sunday, March 31, 2013

Colour Palette Design Challenge - Reveal Day

On March 1st, I put out a challenge to all jewelry designers to create a one-of-a-kind piece or collection using one of 3 colour palettes that you can see in the original post.

After much deliberation, I decided to use this one.



I love all the colour palettes but the final choice was solidified for me when I came across the beautiful lampwork focal bead that I purchased many years ago and never used. It had 3 of the 5 colours in it! Perfect.

Here is the piece that I created with it...




I used two strands of 1mm waxed cotton cord and knotted between the beads. A new technique I've been experimenting with lately.



Check out the creations of the other participants. I will add direct links once everyone has posted. I can't wait to see which colour palette everyone else selected.

Bonnie Coursolle (You are here)

21 comments:

  1. Very pretty Bonnie. I love how you pulled all of the colours together in a fun way since the picture is so much fun too!Great handknotting. Much more difficult than it appears. Well done.

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    1. There is a trick to the hand knotting, for sure. This piece is the THIRD attempt! LOL

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  2. It's a beautiful design using the palette colours. I love the knotting technique and you've used black cord which was a great choice.

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    1. Thanks. I'm reasonably pleased with how it turned out. I still have some work to do on refining the knotting technique.

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  3. A beautiful necklace, Bonnie! I chose the same palette - you knew I would :) Your necklace is happy and cheerful, love it!

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    1. Of course, I knew you would choose the same bright colour palette. No surprises there!

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  4. Very Native American looking to me, for some reason...I love it! Very cheery.

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    1. You are the second person in less than a week to comment that one of my designs has a Native American look to it. Interesting. I'm not specifically trying to do that either.

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  5. I love the colors ,the simple beads and a beautiful necklace.

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    1. Thank you. I was lucky enough to have beads on hand to match all five colours. I'm trying to use what I have in my stash before buying too many more. Wish me luck with that one. I've already broken my own rule once this week. *smile* I couldn't help myself.

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  6. What a great necklace! And I just love the handknotting. You have definitely mastered it.

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  7. How very pretty. That color pallet was popular. Love the knotting it takes so much time and patience.

    I look forward to participating in other challenges as well. Thanks for having me.

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    1. I will be having another colour palette challenge in a couple of months. I hope you will join in!

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  8. Thanks for hosting. I put my blog up a day early. Oops, but early than late I suppose. Your design is very sweet.

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    1. No worries. I'm just happy that you were able to participate. There will be more of these challenges down the road. I hope you will join in again.

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  9. That certainly is a beautiful focal. And you've combined it perfectly with the other beads. Just lovely!

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    1. I knew I purchase that focal bead three years ago for a reason. I just didn't know what it was at the time. It worked well with this colour palette.

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  10. Bonnie that is lovely, I love the colours they are so bright and cheerful. I have yet to post mine, I have been away and not photographed it yet, I will be blogging it tomorrow, so sorry to be late. I have loved the colour schemes though, they really did inspire me :)

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    1. Better late than never, as they say. I'm happy that you took the time to participate. Thanks.

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  11. Wow... that's a very different take from mine. I have to learn the knotting and cord use. It is very popular now.
    Roberta

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  12. What an interesting take...and so different from my idea. I love the knotting & cording technique. I am going to try them.

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